Raul Ruiz actually said...

If you have a high enough suspicion for a severe enough consequence, then you need to act, and you need to act now.

The only plausible source was exposure to these burn pits.

The evidence for an association between the development of specific respiratory diseases and exposures to combustion products was found to b...

We have found carcinogens in the smoke, carcinogens in the soil, metals found in lung biopsies in these patients.